Art for art sake

Saturday, October 8, 2016

The Devastating True Story of the Romanov Family's Execution
The slaughter of the family and servants was one of the seminal events of the 20th century, a wanton massacre that shocked the world and still inspires a terrible fascination today

The future of the website embroiled in a continuing legal battle with retired professional wrestler Hulk Hogan remains unclear, according to a lawyer for Gawker Media.
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Once considered immune to the audience erosion plaguing the television industry, ratings for National Football League broadcasts have slipped through the first four weeks of the season.
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Consumers’ desire for deeper transparency into how food is made will continue pushing food companies to label ingredients made from genetically engineered crops, company executives said.
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Snap Inc. is working on an initial public offering that could take place as early as late March. But big questions about its ad business remain, such as whether it can secure TV ad dollars.
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Bed Bath & Beyond is testing a membership model that for $29 a year offers a 20% discount on all purchases and free shipping. It aims to compete with Amazon’s Prime program.
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On the first anniversary of Jack Dorsey’s return as CEO, Twitter is exploring the possibility of a sale. His efforts have failed to reignite flagging user and revenue growth, leaving the company vulnerable to a takeover.
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Techstars, a 10-year-old Boulder, Colo., company that runs business accelerators across the country, is starting to accept applications this week for its first music-industry focused program, launching in February.
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A new analysis by the Government Accountability Office finds that the Defense Department is the top advertising spender among federal agencies while the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau spends the biggest portion of its budget on advertising.
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Farm-to-table champions now can order their cuts of beef or pork from a single animal and single farm, a throwback to getting your sirloin ground before your eyes at the butcher shop.
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Is Your Local Chairlift a Death Trap?
Our nation's lifts are at the breaking point. We spent months researching past accidents and aging infrastructure — and found that it's time to act in order to avoid catastrophic failure.

The vice-presidential debate between Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine and Republican Gov. Mike Pence brought in about 35.6 million viewers, according to preliminary Nielsen ratings released by TV networks.
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The puzzle of Trump's massive losses
Thousands claim net operating losses, but rarely do individuals claim ones as large as Trump reported. In 1995, 505,303 tax returns claimed losses worth a total of $49.3 billion, so Trump’s deductions amounted to 1.9 percent of the nationwide total.

Amazon.com and European Union antitrust authorities are engaged in initial settlement discussions to resolve the regulator’s concerns the company abuses its power to force illegal terms on publishers.
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In contrast to the U.S., where a handful of chains control most cinemas, China’s theater market is fragmented, with more than 30,000 screens divided up among 48 chains, making it ripe for a wave of consolidation.
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Facebook is in talks with several countries for trial broadcasts of internet content from highflying drones, underscoring the social media company’s push to provide bandwidth to poorly connected parts of the globe.
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Trump Foundation ordered to stop fundraising by N.Y. attorney general’s office
The New York attorney general has notified Donald Trump that his charitable foundation is violating state law — by soliciting donations without proper certification — and ordered Trump’s charity to stop its fundraising immediately, the attorney general’s office said Monday.

Gawker Media LLC plans to set aside at least $5.5 million from the sale of its websites to fund a continuing legal battle with former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, a feud the company says it intends to win.
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A fight between Amazon and Japanese publishers escalated as the nation’s largest publisher protested the deletion of its books from Amazon Japan’s all-you-can-read subscription service.
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As the music magazine struggles to regain relevance, a friendship between the son of its co-founder and the scion of a Malaysian billionaire could help it chart a new course—in Asia.
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Three new releases hit movie theaters this weekend, and results came in across the board. “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” found a fair number of new residents at the multiplex, while “Deepwater Horizon” underwhelmed and “Masterminds” looked like anything but a good idea.
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The New York Times
Donald Trump declared a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax returns, a tax deduction so substantial it could have allowed him to legally avoid paying any federal income taxes for almost two decades.